FCC Form 5631 Lifeline Household Worksheet

FCC FORM 5631
Edition Date: June 2023

OMB APPROVAL EDITION 3060-0819
Avg. Burden Est. per Respondent: .25 hours

Lifeline Program
Household Worksheet

About
Lifeline
Lifeline is a Federal
Communications
Commission (FCC)
program that provides
a monthly phone or
internet service
discount for qualifying
low-income consumers.

What this worksheet is for?
Use this worksheet if someone else at your address gets the Lifeline benefit. The answers to these
questions will help you find out if there is more than one household at your address.

What is a household?
A household is a group of people who live together and share income and expenses (even if they are
not related to each other). Complete the Lifeline household worksheet to determine if more than
one qualifying household is located at your address. If more than one person in your household
participates in Lifeline, you are breaking the FCC's rules and will lose your benefit.

Examples of one household:
• A married couple who live together are one household. They must share one Lifeline
benefit.
• A parent/guardian and child who live together are one household. They must share one
Lifeline benefit.
• An adult who lives with friends or family who financially support him/her are one
household. They must share one Lifeline benefit.

Examples of more than one household:
• 4 roommates who live together but do not share money are 4 households. They can
have one Lifeline benefit each, 4 total.
• 30 seniors who live in an assisted-living home but do not share money are 30
households. They can have one Lifeline benefit each, 30 total.

Household expenses
A household shares expenses. Household expenses include, but are not limited to, food, healthcare
expenses, and the cost of renting or paying a mortgage on your place of residence and utilities.

Income
Households share income. Income includes salary, public assistance benefits, social security
payments, pensions, unemployment compensation, veteran’s benefits, inheritances, alimony,
child support payments, worker’s compensation benefits, gifts, and lottery winnings.

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Household Worksheet

Your
Information

What is your full legal name?
The name you use on official documents, like your Social Security Card or State ID. Not a nickname.

First

All fields are required
unless indicated. Use only
CAPITALIZED LETTERS
and black ink to fill out
this form.

Middle (optional)

Suffix (optional)

Last

What is your home address? (The address where you will get service. Do not use a P.O. Box)

Street Number and Name

Apt., Unit, etc.

State

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City

Zip Code

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Household Worksheet

Can you
apply?
Follow this decision tree
to confirm if you qualify
for the Lifeline Program.

1. Do you live with another adult?
Adults are people who are 18 years old or older, or who are emancipated
minors. This can include a spouse, domestic partner, parent, adult son or
daughter, adult in your family, adult roommate, etc.

Yes

No

If yes, answer
question 2

2. Do they get Lifeline?
Yes

No

If yes, answer
question 3

Check this box

3. Do you share money (income and expenses)
with them?
This can be the cost of bills, food, etc., and income. If you are married,
you should check yes for this question.

Yes

No

You do not qualify for Lifeline because someone in your household
already gets the benefit. You are only allowed to get one Lifeline
discount per household, not per person.
Check this box

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You can apply for
Lifeline. You live in a
household that does
not get Lifeline yet.
Please initial line B on
page 4, and sign and
date the worksheet.

You can apply for Lifeline.
You live at an address with
more than one household
and your household does
not get Lifeline yet.
Please initial lines
A and B on page 4, and
sign and date the
worksheet.
Check this box

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Household Worksheet

Agreement

A I live at an address with more than one household.
Initial

Please initial the
agreement(s) that are
required based on your
responses from page 3,
then sign and date this
worksheet. Submit this
worksheet with your
Lifeline Program
Application Form.
By providing a phone number, you consent to
letting USAC contact you at that phone number
via artificial or prerecorded voice message or
text for important reminders and updates about
your Lifeline benefit. For text messages, message
and data rates may apply. Text STOP to end
messages.

B I understand that the one-per-household limit is a Federal Communications Commission
(FCC) rule and I will lose my Lifeline benefit if I break this rule.
Initial

Signature

Today’s Date

Notice
PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT NOTICE: Section 54.410 of the Federal Communications Commission’s rules requires all Lifeline
subscribers to demonstrate their eligibility to receive Lifeline services. If more than one person at the same address is applying for
Lifeline service, all applicants must submit a Household Worksheet. This collection of information stems from the Commission’s
authority under Section 254 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. §254. Using this authority, the FCC has
designated USAC as the permanent Lifeline Administrator. The FCC has published rules detailing how consumers can qualify for
Lifeline services and what Lifeline services they may receive (47 CFR §54.400 et seq.). The data provided in response to this
information collection will be used by USAC to verify the applicant’s eligibility for Lifeline services.
We have estimated that each response to this collection of information will take, on average, 0.25 hours. Our estimate includes the
time to read and complete the form and review the form or response. If you have any comments on this estimate, or how we can
improve the collection and reduce the burden it causes you, please write to the Federal Communications Commission, OMD-PERM,
Paperwork Reduction Project (3060-0819), Washington, D.C. 20554. We also will accept your comments via the Internet if you send
them to [email protected]. Please DO NOT SEND COMPLETED DATA COLLECTION FORMS TO THIS ADDRESS.
Remember – You are not required to respond to a collection of information sponsored by the Federal government, and the
government may not conduct or sponsor this collection, unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
control number. This collection has been assigned an OMB control number of 3060-0819.
The Commission is authorized under the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, to collect the information we request in this
form. We will use the information that you provide to determine your eligibility for Lifeline services. If we believe there may be a
violation or potential violation of a statute or a Commission regulation, rule, or order, your form may be referred to the Federal,
state, or local agency responsible for investigating, prosecuting, enforcing, or implementing the statute, rule, regulation, or order. In
certain cases, the information in your form may be disclosed to the Department of Justice, court, or other adjudicative body when
(a) the Commission; (b) any employee of the Commission; or (c) the United States government, is a party to a proceeding before the
body or has an interest in the proceeding.
If you do not provide the information we request on this form, you will not be eligible to receive Lifeline services under the Lifeline
Program rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.400-54.423.
The foregoing Notice is required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, P.L. No. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. § 3501, et seq.
PRIVACY ACT STATEMENT: The Privacy Act is a law that requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Universal
Service Administrative Company (USAC) to explain why we are asking individuals for personal information and what we are going to
do with this information after we collect it.
Authority: Section 254 of the Communications Act (47 U.S.C. § 254), as amended, 47 U.S.C. §254, authorizes the FCC to operate the
Lifeline program. Using this authority, the FCC has designated USAC as the permanent Lifeline Administrator. The FCC has published
rules detailing how consumers can qualify for Lifeline services and what Lifeline services they may receive (47 CFR §54.400 et seq.).
Purpose: We are collecting this personal information so we can verify that you qualify for the Lifeline program and so we can
efficiently provide Lifeline services to you. We access, maintain and use your personal information in the manner described in the
Lifeline System of Records Notice (SORN), FCC/WCB-1, which is available at https://www.fcc.gov/managing-director/privacytransparency/privacy-act-information#systems/.
Routine Uses: We may share the personal information you enter into this form with other parties for specific purposes, such as:
with contractors that help us operate the Lifeline program; with other federal and state government agencies that help us
determine your Lifeline eligibility; with the telecommunications companies that provide you Lifeline service; and with law
enforcement and other officials investigating potential violations of Lifeline rules.
A complete listing of the ways we may use your information is published in the Lifeline SORN described in the “Purpose” paragraph
of this statement.
Disclosure: You are not required to provide the information we are requesting, but if you do not, you will not be eligible to receive
Lifeline services under the Lifeline Program rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.400-54.423.

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